Theme : employers
- Study: Are skills a cost or asset? Argues (1) Skills are valuable, (2) firms underinvest in skills despite this, (3) firms should have to report investment in training from : duncanoleary 1st February 2008
- ALP Discussion Paper on Train to Gain (pdf) Contains criticism/suggested alterations to the TTG programme, referring to Level 2, more flexible funding, and a more responsive market. from : duncanoleary 20th September 2007
- Employers should bear cost of immigration Writes: 'Immigration creates winners and losers...Any sensible policy, whether it is to control pollution, traffic or immigration, must make those who create costs for society bear those costs. In the case of immigration, employers - what the Home Office identifies as "those who benefit from immigration" - should be required to reimburse society for the costs their decisions impose on it.' Concludes with plan for 'market-based' system where employers pay for work permits. from : duncanoleary 15th August 2007
- Job Matching in the UK and Europe - Skills for Business Report (pdf) Looks at relevance of skills in relation to the jobs people are doing. Good measure of responsiveness of the system. Also identifies: 'organisations who resource themselves with low wage and low skill employees because consistent consumer demand for low quality products and services means that this is a viable business model.' from : duncanoleary 6th August 2007
- TES: Employers turn backs on skills 'New studies reveal huge shortfall of unqualified workers for low-grade jobs...employers are demanding more unqualified people to fill low-grade jobs. The latest figures from the Department for Trade and Indu-stry show the supply of people with qualifications at any level outstrips employer demand by almost five million. The latest figures from the Department for Trade and Indu-stry show the supply of people with qualifications at any level outstrips employer demand by almost five million.' from : duncanoleary 31st July 2007
- Managing Diversity in the Workplace 'People who are self-employed or own their own business are being excluded from skills initiatives and have been left out of the new skills agenda, according to a new report. A study by the SFEDI backs up calls from the Institute for Employment Studies for the government to ensure that Train to Gain and other schemes reach smaller firms, disabled workers, carers, jobless households and other 'hard to reach' employers and staff.' from : duncanoleary 26th July 2007
- FT.com / Business spurns 'patronising' government skills drive 'A list of the first 157 organisations to agree to the new "skills pledge", published yesterday as part of the scheme's formal launch by Gordon Brown, the chancellor, showed more than half were either government departments, quangos, charities or trade associations.' David Frost, said: "The overwhelming majority of businesses are committed to training their staff, albeit not always through standard qualifications, as often these do not meet their needs." from : duncanoleary 15th June 2007
- New Statesman - Why skills don't matter any more Argues system of modern capitalism is undermining skills investment: 'Modern capitalism's emphasis on flexibility has deprived most employees of any sense of narrative in their working lives ...their skills are declared obsolescent, their job is outsourced, their company is taken over or suddenly switches to different products and markets. Constant downsizing and delayering make any promotion provisional. In such a world, only a fool commits either to a particular company or a particular skill' from : duncanoleary 5th February 2007
- SSDA: lessons for abroad (pdf) Paper on lessons from abroad. Drawing on evidence from Canada it argues: ‘There is a danger that if the councils are only responsive to employer demands, then the government may fail to achieve its wider and long term objectives, such as to encourage the economy to move in the direction of higher value-added production, or knowledge industries, or to respond to social (equity) objectives' from : duncanoleary 15th January 2007
- Skills gap 'more worrying than terror threat' British companies have revealed that problems recruiting qualified staff are causing more boardroom headaches than either the threat of terror attacks or bird flu. The survey by Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets reveals that one-third of firms say the skills gap is their biggest single concern, with al-Qaida strikes or deadly avian influenza outbreaks being cited by only four per cent of businesses each. Of the 2,200 UK companies with a turnover of more than £1 million who responded to the bank, 48 from : duncanoleary 7th November 2006
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